Look up: Thalidomide

1. thalidomide
   [n] - a sedative and hypnotic drug
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2. Thalidomide
   After a disastrous start, this drug is now finding a useful role, e.g. for drug-resistant myeloma.
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3. thalidomide
   Hypnotic drug developed in the 1950s for use as a sedative. When taken in early pregnancy, it caused malformation of the fetus (such as abnormalities in the limbs) in over 5,000 recognized cases,...
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4. Thalidomide
   (Learning Modules / Biology / DNA / Glossary) Tranquilizer drug, notorious for its ability to produce limb deformities in the children of mothers who consumed it during pregnancy.
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5. Thalidomide
   Infamous drug that caused birth defects. Now being investigated as a cancer treatment because it is antiangiogenic (stops blood vessels growing).
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6. thalidomide
   Sedative drug that when taken between 3rd and 5th week of pregnancy produced a range of malformations of the foetus, in severe cases complete absence of limbs (amelia), or much reduced limb development (phocomelia). A teratogen.
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7. thalidomide
   <drug> Sedative drug that when taken between 3rd and 5th week of pregnancy produced a range of malformations of the foetus, in severe cases complete absence of limbs (amelia) or much reduced limb development (phocomelia). A teratogen. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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8. thalidomide
   noun a sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis
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9. thalidomide
   (thә-lid´o-mīd) a sedative and hypnotic that was commonly used in Europe in the late 1950s and 1960s. Its use was halted because use during early pregnancy was often followed by the birth of infants with serious developmental anomalies, notably malformation or absence of a limb or limbs. It is still used in t...
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10. thalidomide
    compound in medicine initially used as a sedative and an antiemetic until the discovery that it caused severe fetal malformations. Thalidomide was ... [7 related articles]
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11. Thalidomide
    Thalidomide was a sedative drug prescribed to pregnant women during the 1960s. It caused deformity of the foetus resulting in children born with severely stunted or non-existent limbs.
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12. Thalidomide
    A sedative-hypnotic drug that should be avoided by all women that are pregnant or trying to conceive. The drug produces fetal deformities of the limbs and other defects if taken during pregnancy.
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13. thalidomide
    thalidomide (thulid'umid") , sleep-inducing drug found to produce skeletal defects in developing fetuses. The drug was marketed in Europe, especially in West Germany and Britain, from 1957 to 1961, and was thought to be so safe that it was sold without prescription. In 1961 an extremely high...
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14. thalidomide
    Type: Term Pronunciation: thă-lid′ō-mīd Definitions: 1. A hypnotic drug that, if taken in early pregnancy, may cause the birth of infants with phocomelia and other defects; approved for used in the treatment of erythema nodusum leprosum and under investigational use in other clinical areas.
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15. thalidomide
    A drug that is used to treat multiple myeloma in patients who have just been diagnosed, and a painful skin disease related to leprosy. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Thalidomide belongs to the family of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors. Also called Thalomid.
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